Microsoft has shown in the past that if they see that they have to make adjustments to keep their market healthy they will do it. So it wouldnt come to a surprise if they announce new upgrades to their cloud system at work and the xbox settings in these next months.
And the bottom line is that if you compare this issue with ps3 and Xbox 360. The ps3 hardware came out superior to the Xbox 360. But still mi rosoft knew how to maximize the hardware performance and so the Xbox 360 came out superior in gaming graphics while having a inferior hardware SPEC than ps3.